JPH02107173A - Retorting device - Google Patents

Retorting device

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JPH02107173A
JPH02107173A JP63258997A JP25899788A JPH02107173A JP H02107173 A JPH02107173 A JP H02107173A JP 63258997 A JP63258997 A JP 63258997A JP 25899788 A JP25899788 A JP 25899788A JP H02107173 A JPH02107173 A JP H02107173A
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Akira Idei
出井 皓
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HANIYUUDA TEKKO KK
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the subject device preventing destruction of vessel by preventing exceeding of pressure difference between outer pressure and inner pressure more than pressure-resistant strength of vessel such as aluminum can by providing a fun mixing introduced gas and high-temperature steam. CONSTITUTION:In a retorting device in which a vessel 5 containing content material and gas is received in a main body 2 of pressure-resistant vessel having sealable opening part 2b in freely taking in and out and a heat treatment is performed in filling with high-temperature steam in said main body 2, another gas is introduced into said main body 2 and a fun 13 mixing said gas and said steam is provided to afford the aimed device.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 A、産業上の利用分野 本発明はコーヒーその他の飲食物をアルミ缶・ビン・紙
等の容器に封入したちのを、蒸気によりて加熱処理ずろ
レトルト装置(殺菌用の耐圧容器)に関する。
[Detailed Description of the Invention] A. Industrial Field of Application The present invention is directed to a colander retort device (for sterilization) that heats coffee and other foods sealed in containers such as aluminum cans, bottles, and paper using steam. pressure-resistant containers).

B9発明の概要 本発明は内容物と気体とを封入した容器を、開口部が密
封可能な耐圧容器本体内に挿脱自在に収容し、この耐圧
容器本体内に高温の蒸気を充填して加熱処理するレトル
ト装置において、前記耐圧容器本体に他の気体を導入す
るとともに、この気体と前記蒸気を混合させるファンを
設けることにより、 飲食用界イ:(内に充填した気体がレトルト装置により
熱膨張して内圧が高くなってちしく・ルト装置内の外圧
を高めて、外圧と内圧の差圧が容器の耐圧強度を越える
ことを防ぎ容器の破壊を防止ずろらのである。
B9 Summary of the Invention The present invention includes a container sealed with contents and gas, which is removably housed in a pressure-resistant container body whose opening can be sealed, and heated by filling the pressure-resistant container body with high-temperature steam. In the retort device for processing, other gas is introduced into the pressure-resistant container body, and a fan is provided to mix this gas and the steam. When the internal pressure becomes high, the external pressure inside the container is increased to prevent the differential pressure between the external pressure and the internal pressure from exceeding the pressure resistance of the container, thereby preventing the container from breaking.

C1従来の技術 現在、コーヒー飲料等の飲食物がスチール缶・アルミ缶
・ビン等の飲食用容器に封入されたちのが多く使用され
、従来からこれらの飲食物大容器を殺菌処理するレトル
ト装置(殺菌用の耐圧容器)が知られている。このレト
ルト装置は、開口部が密閉可能な耐圧容器本体内に前記
飲食容器を入れ、その耐圧容器本体に所定の飽和蒸気圧
の水蒸気を導入・充填し、所定時間加熱処理を行ってい
る。
C1 Conventional technology Currently, food and beverages such as coffee drinks are often sealed in food and beverage containers such as steel cans, aluminum cans, and bottles, and conventionally, retort devices ( Pressure-resistant containers for sterilization are known. In this retort device, the food/drink container is placed in a pressure-resistant container main body whose opening can be sealed, and steam at a predetermined saturated vapor pressure is introduced and filled into the pressure-resistant container main body, and heat treatment is performed for a predetermined time.

この水蒸気を導入する際は、前記耐圧容器本体内部を予
めエアバキューム装置により真空に4゛ろか、あるいは
水蒸気を導入しながら徐々に空気を逃して内部を水蒸気
のみの状態とし、所定の飽和水蒸気圧にすれば所定の温
度に設定できるようにしである。
When introducing this water vapor, the inside of the pressure-resistant container body is evacuated by 4 degrees in advance using an air vacuum device, or the air is gradually released while introducing the water vapor so that the inside is in a state of only water vapor, and the predetermined saturated water vapor pressure is This allows you to set the temperature to a predetermined value.

D2発明が解決しようとする課題 ところで、これらの飲食用容器のうち、例えばアルミ缶
はアルミ自体の強度が小さい上、缶の肉厚が極めて薄い
ので、そのままでは生産・処理の取り扱いに耐えられず
、凹んだり破損してしまう。
D2 Problems to be solved by the invention By the way, among these food and drink containers, for example, aluminum cans have low strength and the wall thickness of the can is extremely thin, so they cannot withstand handling during production and processing as they are. , causing it to become dented or damaged.

これを防ぐために、アルミ缶内に窒素ガス等のガス体を
内容物とと乙に封入し、内圧を大きくしである。
To prevent this, a gas such as nitrogen gas is sealed inside the aluminum can to increase the internal pressure.

その結果、水蒸気のみでレトルト装置内を所定の設定温
度にすると、必然的に所定の飽和水蒸気圧しか得られな
いので、飲食容器内の窒素ガスが熱膨張し飲食用容器の
内圧が、11η記飽和水蒸気圧による外圧より高くなり
、その差圧がアルミ缶の強度を越え、アルミ缶が破裂し
てしまうという問題点がある。
As a result, if the inside of the retort device is brought to a predetermined set temperature using water vapor alone, only a predetermined saturated water vapor pressure can be obtained, so the nitrogen gas inside the food and drink container thermally expands and the internal pressure of the food and drink container increases to 11η. The problem is that the saturated water vapor pressure becomes higher than the external pressure, and the pressure difference exceeds the strength of the aluminum can, causing the aluminum can to burst.

本発明は上記問題点を解決するためになされたもので、
飲食用容器内に充填した気体がレトルト装置により熱膨
張して内圧が高くなってもレトルト装置内の外圧を高め
て、外圧と内圧の差圧が容器の耐圧強度を越えることを
防ぎ容器の破壊を防止することを目的とする。
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems,
Even if the internal pressure increases due to thermal expansion of the gas filled in the food/drink container by the retort device, the external pressure inside the retort device is increased to prevent the differential pressure between the external pressure and the internal pressure from exceeding the pressure resistance strength of the container and destroy the container. The purpose is to prevent

E1課題を解決するための手段 本発明は、内容物と気体とを封入した容器を、開口部が
密封可能な耐圧容器本体内に挿脱自在に収容し、この耐
圧容器本体内に高温の蒸気を充填して加熱処理するレト
ルト装置において、前記耐圧容器本体に他の気体を導入
するとともに、この気体と前記蒸気を混合させるファン
を設けたことを、その構成とする。
E1 Means for Solving Problems The present invention includes a container sealed with contents and gas, which is removably housed in a pressure-resistant container main body whose opening can be sealed, and in which high-temperature steam is stored in the pressure-resistant container main body. The retort apparatus is configured to introduce another gas into the pressure-resistant container main body and to mix this gas with the steam.

F0作用 飲食物ととらに酸化防止用の気体等が充填された飲食用
容器をレトルト装置の耐圧容器本体内に挿入しその開口
部を密封し、耐圧容器内を所定の温度に設定ずろための
飽和蒸気と所定の圧力の他の気体とを導入し、これらを
ファンによって混合する。すると、耐圧容器本体内の飽
和蒸気と他の気体とによる外圧と、飲食用容器内に充填
された気体か熱膨張して高(なった内圧との差圧が飲食
用容器の耐圧強度内となる。
Insert the food and beverage container filled with anti-oxidation gas, etc. into the F0 action container into the pressure container body of the retort device, seal the opening, and set the inside of the pressure container to a predetermined temperature. Saturated steam and other gas at a predetermined pressure are introduced and mixed by a fan. Then, the pressure difference between the external pressure caused by the saturated steam and other gas inside the pressure container body and the internal pressure that has become high due to thermal expansion of the gas filled in the food and drink container is within the pressure resistance strength of the food and drink container. Become.

G、実施例 以下、本発明の一実施例を図面に基づいて説明する。G. Example Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

第1図はレトルト装置・γLの全体的機構を示す+M成
図、第2図は第1図のロー■線における耐圧容器の断面
図、第3図は第2図のIII −III線における断面
図である。第1図および第2図において、レトルト装置
1は両端に開口部2a、2bか形成された円筒状の耐圧
容器本体2を備えている。この耐圧容器本体2にはその
開口部2a、2bを密封可能な蓋体3,4が開閉自在に
設けられている。この耐圧容器本体2の一方の開口部2
aから図示を省略したキャリアにより一回で加熱処理で
きろ複数の飲食用容器としてのアルミ缶5を収容したバ
スケット8が挿入され、前記蓋体3,4が開口部2a、
2bを密封し、加熱処理した後再び蓋体4が移動し、他
方の開口部2bから加熱処理されたアルミ缶5を収容し
たバスケット8が図示を省略したキャリアにより搬出さ
れた後、未処理の複数のアルミ缶5を収容したバスケッ
ト8が一方の開口部22Lから再び搬入されるようにな
っている。
Figure 1 is a +M diagram showing the overall mechanism of the retort device/γL, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the pressure container taken along the low ■ line in Figure 1, and Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in Figure 2. It is a diagram. 1 and 2, a retort apparatus 1 includes a cylindrical pressure-resistant container body 2 having openings 2a and 2b formed at both ends. The pressure container main body 2 is provided with lids 3 and 4 which can be opened and closed to seal the openings 2a and 2b. One opening 2 of this pressure-resistant container body 2
From a, a basket 8 containing a plurality of aluminum cans 5, which can be heat-treated in one go, is inserted using a carrier (not shown), and the lids 3, 4 are inserted into the openings 2a,
2b is sealed and heat-treated, the lid 4 is moved again, and the basket 8 containing the heat-treated aluminum cans 5 is carried out from the other opening 2b by a carrier (not shown). The basket 8 containing the plurality of aluminum cans 5 is carried in again through one opening 22L.

前記アルミ缶5内にはコーヒー飲料・ウーロン茶等の内
容物6の他に窒素等の気体7が封入されている。この気
体7は、アルミ缶5の強度が弱いので、製造処理中に凹
んだり、破壊するのを防ぐために内圧を高めるためのも
のである。尚、又この気体は内容物の酸化、変質を防止
することも兼ねろ。そして、給気・制御機構9により所
定温度の飽和水蒸気圧に設定された水蒸気IOとと乙に
、所定圧力の空気11が加温され乍ら給気管!2から耐
圧容器本体2に導入されるようになっている。
The aluminum can 5 is filled with contents 6 such as coffee drinks and oolong tea as well as gas 7 such as nitrogen. Since the strength of the aluminum can 5 is weak, this gas 7 is used to increase the internal pressure to prevent it from being dented or destroyed during the manufacturing process. Furthermore, this gas also serves to prevent oxidation and deterioration of the contents. Then, the air 11 at a predetermined pressure is heated to the water vapor IO, which is set to a saturated water vapor pressure at a predetermined temperature by the air supply/control mechanism 9, and the air supply pipe! 2 into the pressure vessel main body 2.

前記耐圧容器本体2内部には温度むらを防I卜するため
にファン13が適宜の間隔て設けられ、水蒸気10と加
温された空気11が均一に混合するようになっている。
Fans 13 are provided at appropriate intervals inside the pressure vessel main body 2 to prevent temperature unevenness, so that the water vapor 10 and the heated air 11 are uniformly mixed.

14は排気・制御系で、前記水蒸気lOおよび空気II
を導入ずろ前段階に耐圧容器本体2がら空気を抜くため
、および、水蒸気IOと空気11により飲食用容器5を
加熱処理した後、前記水蒸気IOと空気Itとの混合気
体を徐々に抜くために設けである。I5は給水制御機構
で、加熱処理された飲食用容器としてのアルミ缶5を温
水及び冷水により冷却する際に、流量および圧力を制御
するもので、使用済の温水及び冷水は排水制御機構16
により制御されて排出される。
14 is an exhaust/control system, in which the water vapor IO and air II
In order to remove air from the pressure-resistant container main body 2 before introducing it, and to gradually remove the mixed gas of the water vapor IO and air It after heating the eating container 5 with the water vapor IO and air 11. It is a provision. Reference numeral I5 denotes a water supply control mechanism, which controls the flow rate and pressure when cooling aluminum cans 5 as heat-treated food and beverage containers with hot and cold water.
It is controlled and discharged.

なお、17は温度センサ、18は圧力発信器、1つは安
全弁である。
Note that 17 is a temperature sensor, 18 is a pressure transmitter, and one is a safety valve.

次に、前記実施例の作用について説明する。Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

まず、レトルト装置1の一方の蓋体3が移動して開口部
2aからバスケット8に収容されたアルミ缶5が複数、
耐圧容器本体2にキャリアによって搬入され、蓋体3が
開口部2aを密封する。前記アルミ缶5内には内容物6
の他窒素ガス7が充填され、アルミ缶の強度をMiうた
めに内圧を高めである。そして、排気制御系■4により
耐圧容器本体2内の空気を排除し、給気制御機+1カ9
により所定温度の飽和蒸気圧の水蒸気IOおよび所定圧
力の空気11が導入され、ファン13により水蒸気10
と空気11が均一に混合される。この飽和水蒸気圧の水
蒸気10にJユり前記アルミ缶5は所定時間加熱処理さ
れる。この際、アルミ缶5内の窒素ガス7が熱膨張して
その内圧がアルミ缶5の耐圧強度を越えてしまうが、水
蒸気に混合した空気l!の圧力の分だけ外圧が高くなり
、外圧と内圧との差圧がアルミ缶の耐圧強度を越えるこ
とがなくなる。その結果、窒素ガス7の熱膨張によるア
ルミ缶5の破裂・変形を防止できる。このように加熱処
理された後、排気制御系14により徐々に排気し、徐々
に温度を下げるよう制御され、次に給水制御機構15お
よび排水制御機+MI6により温水及び冷水でアルミ缶
5が冷却され、蓋体4が移動して開口した開口部2bか
らキャリアにより、アルミ缶5が収容されたバスケット
8か搬出される。この工程が操り返し行イつれて、次々
と内容物6と窒素ガス等の気体7が封入されたアルミ缶
等の飲食用容器5が殺菌処理されるのである。
First, one lid 3 of the retort device 1 is moved and a plurality of aluminum cans 5 accommodated in the basket 8 are opened from the opening 2a.
It is carried into the pressure container main body 2 by a carrier, and the lid body 3 seals the opening 2a. Contents 6 are contained in the aluminum can 5.
In addition, the aluminum can is filled with nitrogen gas 7 to increase the internal pressure to increase the strength of the aluminum can. Then, the air inside the pressure vessel main body 2 is removed by the exhaust control system 4, and the air supply control system
steam IO at a predetermined temperature and saturated vapor pressure and air 11 at a predetermined pressure are introduced by the fan 13.
and air 11 are mixed uniformly. The aluminum can 5 is heated in the steam 10 at the saturated steam pressure for a predetermined period of time. At this time, the nitrogen gas 7 inside the aluminum can 5 thermally expands and its internal pressure exceeds the pressure resistance of the aluminum can 5, but the air mixed with water vapor l! The external pressure increases by the amount of pressure, and the pressure difference between the external pressure and the internal pressure does not exceed the pressure resistance of the aluminum can. As a result, rupture and deformation of the aluminum can 5 due to thermal expansion of the nitrogen gas 7 can be prevented. After being heat-treated in this way, the exhaust control system 14 gradually exhausts the air and controls the temperature to gradually lower.Then, the water supply control mechanism 15 and the drainage control device +MI6 cool the aluminum can 5 with hot and cold water. , the basket 8 containing the aluminum can 5 is carried out by the carrier from the opening 2b opened by the movement of the lid 4. This process is repeated one after another to sterilize the food and beverage containers 5, such as aluminum cans, filled with the contents 6 and gas 7 such as nitrogen gas.

なお、前記実施例において、飲食用容器としてアルミ缶
の例を示したが、アルミ缶に限らすヒン・紙・合成樹脂
からなるパッケージ等でも良いことは勿論である。
In the above embodiments, aluminum cans were used as the food and beverage containers, but it goes without saying that the containers are not limited to aluminum cans, but may also be made of paper, packages made of synthetic resin, or the like.

H、発明の効果 以上の説明から明らかなように本発明は、内容物と気体
とを封入した容器を、開口部が密封可能な耐圧容器本体
内に挿脱自在に収容し、この耐圧容器本体内に高温の蒸
気を充填して加熱処理するレトルト装置において、1γ
i記耐圧容器本体に池の気体を導入するととらに、この
気体と前記蒸気を混合させろファンを設けたので、 飲食用容器内に充填した気体がレトルト装置により熱膨
張して内圧が高くなってもレトルト装置内の外圧を高め
て、外圧と内圧の差圧か容器の耐圧強度を越えることを
防ぎ容器の破壊を防止することができろという効果があ
る。
H. Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the present invention provides a method for storing a container sealed with contents and gas in a pressure-resistant container main body whose opening can be sealed in a manner that allows the container to be inserted into and removed from the pressure-resistant container main body. In a retort device that heats the interior by filling it with high temperature steam,
In addition to introducing pond gas into the main body of the pressure-resistant container, a fan was installed to mix this gas with the steam, so the gas filled in the food-drinking container was thermally expanded by the retort device, increasing the internal pressure. This also has the effect of increasing the external pressure inside the retort device, preventing the differential pressure between the external pressure and the internal pressure from exceeding the pressure resistance of the container, and preventing the container from breaking.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図はレトルト装置全体の機+1がを示す+114成
図、第2図は第1図のII −H線における耐圧容器の
断面図、第3図は第2図のlll−[1線における断面
図である。 1・・・レトルト装置、2・・・耐圧容器本体、2a。 2b・・・開口部、5・・飲食用容器(アルミ缶)、6
・・・内容物、7・・・気体(窒素ガス)、10・・・
水蒸気、11・・・空気、13・・ファン。 外1名
Fig. 1 is a +114 diagram showing the entire retort apparatus, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the pressure vessel taken along line II-H in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Retort device, 2... Pressure-resistant container main body, 2a. 2b...Opening, 5...Drinking container (aluminum can), 6
...Contents, 7...Gas (nitrogen gas), 10...
Water vapor, 11...Air, 13...Fan. 1 other person

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)内容物と気体とを封入した容器を、開口部が密封
可能な耐圧容器本体内に挿脱自在に収容し、この耐圧容
器本体内に高温の蒸気を充填して加熱処理するレトルト
装置において、 前記耐圧容器本体に他の気体を導入するとともに、この
気体と前記蒸気を混合させるファンを設けたことを特徴
とするレトルト装置。
(1) A retort device in which a container filled with contents and gas is removably housed in a pressure-resistant container body whose opening can be sealed, and the pressure-resistant container body is filled with high-temperature steam and heat-treated. A retort apparatus according to the present invention, further comprising a fan that introduces another gas into the pressure-resistant container body and mixes this gas with the steam.
JP63258997A 1988-10-14 1988-10-14 Retorting device Pending JPH02107173A (en)

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